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David Shrigley

The incredibly prolific David Shrigley’s London show at the Stephen Friedman gallery comes down this weekend, so today is your final chance to go and see it. I for one used to be a huge fan of his, but have felt myself becoming cynical and over exposed to his work recently.

This show however puts DS firmly back in my top draw with a mix of wit and cheek that leaves you bewildered and elated in equal measures.

Feelings aren’t final is the first solo exhibition of celebrated artist, Stefan Marx at PLUS-ONE in Belgium. An artist recognised for his typographic curved illustrational pieces, Stefan is prolific for his line drawings of minimalistic hilarity.

Armed with an arsenal of scissors, combs and enough hair spray to make hair stand up stiff, Sam McKnight has styled his way to over 100 vogue covers. The hairstylist has been credited for defining the images of supermodels Kate Moss, Linda Evangelista, Christy Turlington and Naomi Campbell, and for creating Princess Diana’s iconic slicked-back look. Now, Somerset House is set to launch Hair by Sam McKnight, a unique exhibition featuring photography, behind-the-scenes footage, magazines and commissioned wigs and hairpieces from Sam’s 40-year long career.

As the Somerset House opens “Malick Sidibé: The Eye of Modern Mali”, Claire Catterall, the exhibition’s curator picks out five of her favourite images from by the photographer who captured life at full throttle in a newly independent Mali.

From today (7 October 2016) the Northern Design Festival will take place across Newcastle and Gateshead until 16 October. This year’s theme explores the initial creative spark, “Where do ideas come from? How do ideas evolve into furniture, products, posters, brands and buildings? And the things that surround us every day?” Director Karen Nairstone explains. In order to demonstrate the enormous breadth that UK designers cover, the exhibition explores a range of disciplines from graphic to lighting design, showcased by a scope of prestigious and upcoming creatives including Vaughan Oliver, A Practice for Everyday Life and Bryan Edmondson for Monotype, to name just a few.

For it’s sixth issue, Mould Map has quite literally brought its publication to life. This issue, Terraformers will “take place as a exhibition/walk-in magazine” curated by its editors Hugh Frost and Leon Sadler. The magazine, dedicated to contemporary narrative comics, creates each issue as a reaction to a topic.